Computing

When working in education, it often seems like big technology companies have it all. Whilst we’re tied to our desks, they can come and go as they please, whilst we’re marking through our holidays they’re getting flown to exotic locations, whilst we have to provide our own milk if we want to drink tea, they’re… Continue Reading.

I am one of those people, who have always had an interest in research, but as a teacher, rarely has time to go and find it. This has changed slightly over the last few years, as I’ve been working on my Masters, but as a general rule, it’s on the wishlist of things I’d love… Continue Reading.

With the new National Curriculum providing a lovely amount of detail of what Computing should look like for each year group (not) I have created my own Computing curriculum. It is by no means exhaustive and definitely needs updating 3 years down the line, but in case they are useful to others, they are here…. Continue Reading.

I decided to organise a whole school Computing afternoon, called Computing Bytes, to get the children in my future school excited about the subject, but also to give myself a chance to meet them and introduce myself. I had one afternoon and around 400 pupils to plan for! Getting Started First things first, I couldn’t… Continue Reading.

This Summer I attended the #CASinclude’s Diversity & Inclusion in Computing Education Conference 2016 where I spent some time reflecting on Girl’s attitudes towards Computing and ICT and overall stereotyped beliefs surrounding what Computing was. This was further developed by a fabulous talk by @Girls2Geeks who shared her own thoughts and experiences as the only… Continue Reading.

Becoming a part-time teacher this year, is an exciting new chapter in my teaching career. I always knew I didn’t want to progress through the hierarchy from teacher to team leader to SLT etc. as I really love the time with the children and the more you step up the ladder the further you are… Continue Reading.

During the Easter holidays, my Digital Leaders were lucky enough to be invited to Pi Towers for a day exploring and learning whilst sharing their own ideas and opinions with the foundation. When I explained the potential trip to the children, they were excited. When I handed out the letters, they nearly exploded. All the… Continue Reading.

Pycon: Educators meet Industry Professionals and unite! Teachers are doing a fabulous job at tackling the new curriculum and as we continue our learning journey we need to make use of communities around us who are willing to help. Programming is new to many teachers, but there are loads of people who do it all… Continue Reading.